英语测试：Idioms: Money 成语：金钱（多选选择）

英语测试：Idioms: Money 成语：金钱 （多选选择）BBC (ZT)

1. Oh dear. I've just seen my bank account. It's bad news. I have spent more money than I have. ________. The possible answers were:

I have a red letter
I'm seeing red
I'm in the red
I was caught red-handed


2. Last night in the restaurant it took an hour to get served. The manager was really apologetic though and he told us not to pay. The whole meal was ________. The possible answers were:

on the house
on a shoestring
cut-rate
an arm and a leg


3. John is so mean. He never pays for anything and always buys the cheapest things. He's such a ________. The possible answers were:

down-and-out
piggy bank
loaded
cheapskate

4. I've saved up a nice little ________ to go on holiday in the summer. I'm going to the Caribbean. The possible answers were:

kickback
nest egg
chicken feed
gravy train

5. I can't go out this month, I'm really ________. I spent all my savings last week on clothes. The possible answers were:

hard up
handout
hard out
hand in

6. Will you turn off the lights when you are not in the room? It's me who has to ________. The possible answers were:

hand the bill
chip in
cook the books
foot the bill

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1. Oh dear. I've just seen my bank account. It's bad news. I have spent more money than I have. ________. The possible answers were:

I have a red letter
I'm seeing red
I'm in the red
I was caught red-handed

I'm in the red
To be in the red 意思是财务出现赤字了。

2. Last night in the restaurant it took an hour to get served. The manager was really apologetic though and he told us not to pay. The whole meal was ________. The possible answers were:

on the house
on a shoestring
cut-rate
an arm and a leg

on the house
On the house 多指餐饮业，店主出钱请客。

3. John is so mean. He never pays for anything and always buys the cheapest things. He's such a ________. The possible answers were:

down-and-out
piggy bank
loaded
cheapskate

cheapskate
A cheapskate 是指吝啬的人。

4. I've saved up a nice little ________ to go on holiday in the summer. I'm going to the Caribbean. The possible answers were:

kickback
nest egg
chicken feed
gravy train

nest egg
A nest egg 是指积蓄。

5. I can't go out this month, I'm really ________. I spent all my savings last week on clothes. The possible answers were:

hard up
handout
hard out
hand in

hard up
如果一个人被形容为 hard up 那就是说他拮据，经济困难。

6. Will you turn off the lights when you are not in the room? It's me who has to ________. The possible answers were:

hand the bill
chip in
cook the books
foot the bill

foot the bill
To foot the bill 意思是买单，付账。






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